My favorite song is BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILVERY MOON, from 1909, written by NEWYORKCITYGOPMAN’s great uncle.
Anything except country, opera or rap/hip-hop.
A fun ping!
I’m a guitarist/steel guitarist, so I like guitar music. Danny Gatton, The Hellecasters, Ry Cooder, Lloyd Green & John Hughey. But, having said that,,,,,, I LOVE piano Boogie Woogie! Albert Ammons is my favorite musician ever!
Primarily country, but I am all over the board except I loath rap and heavy metal.
I go to sleep listening to classical - every night.
I REALLY like blues (Johnny Winter, Muddy Waters, other
people that play a lot of ‘bottleneck’ and slide).
I am listening to *recent* Buckethead right now (post-punk years), and do listen to a bit of jazz as well, but only
modern jazz.
I own 3 banjos and two guitars, and I am a real boring
person, so music is more of an outlet.
Classical: Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov
Classic Rock: Van Morrisson
Straight Ahead Rock: The Stones
Religious: The Liturgy of St. John Chrisostym by Rachmaninoff
Anything by Beethoven
The Beatles
Mozart’s Piano Sonatas
Entrance of the Knights by Prokofiev
Bach’s Adagios (ALL of ‘em!)
Steely Dan
Led Zeppelin
Hector Berlioz
Chopin Nocturnes
For starters. LOL.
I like Jamey Johnson’s In Color - he is old style Country singer
I said, Grandpa what’s this picture here
It’s all black and white and ain’t real clear
Is that you there, he said, yeah I was eleven
Times were tough back in thirty-five
That’s me and Uncle Joe just tryin’ to survive
A cotton farm in the Great Depression
Favorite band right now is an alt-country band from Charlottesville, VA called Sons of Bill. Really good songwriting on their latest record called “Sirens”. Will likely go see them in Athens, GA. at the 40 Watt in late August.
And what about your favorite, since several of us have told
you our most secret of secrets.
Greatest acoustic guitar player alive...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6UIXEDZGmg&feature=bf_prev&list=PL92F6BDD5E17E032B
I love Classical (of course) before the 20th century, Blues, Jazz (not Fusion), Elizabethan Plainsong and authentic Gypsy music.
I like other Medieval as well.
Actually I like any music that written by someone who knew how to write music and is being played by musicians who give a da^%.
If it’s Blues, I want to hear the best Blues musucian there is... if it’s Classical, I don’t want to hear some schlock orchestra ruining the Beethoven 5th Symphony or something..etc.
San Lorenzo - Pat Metheny Group
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmWLAt_KSYE
Pat and Lyle are two of the most amazing musicians I’ve ever seen....I hope soon they will get back together and do some new stuff.
I’ve been a Metheny fan for years, but the early stuff is still the best.
Rush sucks, Pink Floyd sucks, Boston sucks, Chicago sucks big time, Deep Purple sucks, Genesis sucks, Journey sucks, Pat Benatar sucks, all of 70s “art” rock sucks.
Malcolm Holcombe and Tony Joe WHITE rule!
As I got older I listened to what my older brother and sister listened to. I liked Grand Funk Railroad and Ten Years After my brother listened to. I liked The Grass Roots and Gary Pucket And The Union Gap my sister listened to.
As a kid I was a fan of The Monkees and 'bubblegum' type music like The Archies.
When the movie '2001' came out I listened to more classical music.
In high school I listened to heavy metal like Black Sabbath.
I liked Led Zeppelin okay when they came out. But when I heard their album Houses Of The Holy I became a big fan.
'Houses' became my favorite album and The Song Remains The Same is my favorite song.
What I listen to depends on my mood. I still love 80’s Hair Band stuff (Ratt being a favorite), but also enjoy some really light stuff, like what you’d hear when getting a massage. The Beach Boys and The Cars are two bands I never turn off when they come on the radio.
As for favorite songs, they change often, (although my top pick has been #1 ever since I first heard it). Here goes:
1) DOUBLE—Captain of Her Heart. Not sure why I love this song so much. It’s very dreamlike and the vocals are perfect. Don’t get to hear it much these days.
2) BENJAMIN ORR—Stay the Night. Another great ‘80s song.
3) GUSTER—Satellite. I just love the melodic feel and the song flows perfectly.
4) THE CHURCH—Under the Milky Way. This song was 25 years ahead of itself when it came out, and it still sounds fresh today.
5) DIESEL—Sausalito Summer Nights. Lots of great High School memories with this one, plus the guitar riff is awesome.
By the way, I do love country music. My wife and I are big George Strait fans.
Bach is ultimate favorite for classical with Vivaldi and Handel or other Baroque music as second.
Old time country - Appalachian type music, classical Indian ragas, Balinese and Javanese Gamelan, Bulgarian vocal music. I stopped listening to rock years ago but Motown and Stax type labels were my favorite, Otis Redding, Aretha, Chuck Berry etc. Loved Dylan when he first appeared in 1962 and as long as I ever listened to him. John Mayall and Clapton in the early days.
That’s a few off the top of my head.